CITP Exam 1 | COMPLETE EXAM PREPARATION
2026 | VERIFIED ANSWERS | STUDY GUIDE
• Non-Immigrants -✓✓ANSWER: The I-766 Employment Authorization Card is
issued to
• 10 years -✓✓ANSWER: How long is the I-551 Permanent Resident Alien Card
issued for?
• Permanent Resident Alien Card -✓✓ANSWER: Another name for the I-551
• Machine Readable Zone -✓✓ANSWER: The area of all passports that is a
standardized format
• Borders, Graphics, and Backgrounds -✓✓ANSWER: Where is microprint usually
found?
• Optically Variable Ink (OVI) -✓✓ANSWER: Ink that appears like glitter and/or
tends to change color or vary optically as the angle of lighting changes
• Back (Transmitted) Lighting & Side (Oblique) Lighting -✓✓ANSWER: Two primary
lighting techniques used to detect security features
• Printer/Scanner/Copier, Camera Equipment, Laminator, Card/Paper Stock,
Original Documents, Chemicals, Computer w/ Software Like Photoshop -
✓✓ANSWER: Some tools and items associated with counterfeiting
, • Trace-Over -✓✓ANSWER: Differences in ink and font are indications of
• Photo Substitution -✓✓ANSWER: When a photo has been affixed over the
original photo of another ID
• Addition, Trace-Over, Erasure, and Cut-Paste -✓✓ANSWER: Four common
alterations
• Expiration Date, Date of Birth, and the Photograph -✓✓ANSWER: The most
commonly altered parts of ID documents
• Solve A Solvable Crime -✓✓ANSWER: The primary goal of a Criminal
Investigation is to
• Preventative Patrol, Calls For Service, and Criminal Investigations -✓✓ANSWER:
Three basic functions of Law Enforcement
• Not all crimes are reported, not all crimes are investigated, not all crimes are
prosecuted, Agent motivation and Agency disagreements, and lack of advanced
investigative or technical skills -✓✓ANSWER: Limitations on law enforcement's
ability to solve crimes
• Legal and Systematic -✓✓ANSWER: Criminal Investigation: __________ and
____________________ process of identifying, collecting, preserving, and
evaluating evidence or information for the purpose of bringing a criminal offender
to justice.
2026 | VERIFIED ANSWERS | STUDY GUIDE
• Non-Immigrants -✓✓ANSWER: The I-766 Employment Authorization Card is
issued to
• 10 years -✓✓ANSWER: How long is the I-551 Permanent Resident Alien Card
issued for?
• Permanent Resident Alien Card -✓✓ANSWER: Another name for the I-551
• Machine Readable Zone -✓✓ANSWER: The area of all passports that is a
standardized format
• Borders, Graphics, and Backgrounds -✓✓ANSWER: Where is microprint usually
found?
• Optically Variable Ink (OVI) -✓✓ANSWER: Ink that appears like glitter and/or
tends to change color or vary optically as the angle of lighting changes
• Back (Transmitted) Lighting & Side (Oblique) Lighting -✓✓ANSWER: Two primary
lighting techniques used to detect security features
• Printer/Scanner/Copier, Camera Equipment, Laminator, Card/Paper Stock,
Original Documents, Chemicals, Computer w/ Software Like Photoshop -
✓✓ANSWER: Some tools and items associated with counterfeiting
, • Trace-Over -✓✓ANSWER: Differences in ink and font are indications of
• Photo Substitution -✓✓ANSWER: When a photo has been affixed over the
original photo of another ID
• Addition, Trace-Over, Erasure, and Cut-Paste -✓✓ANSWER: Four common
alterations
• Expiration Date, Date of Birth, and the Photograph -✓✓ANSWER: The most
commonly altered parts of ID documents
• Solve A Solvable Crime -✓✓ANSWER: The primary goal of a Criminal
Investigation is to
• Preventative Patrol, Calls For Service, and Criminal Investigations -✓✓ANSWER:
Three basic functions of Law Enforcement
• Not all crimes are reported, not all crimes are investigated, not all crimes are
prosecuted, Agent motivation and Agency disagreements, and lack of advanced
investigative or technical skills -✓✓ANSWER: Limitations on law enforcement's
ability to solve crimes
• Legal and Systematic -✓✓ANSWER: Criminal Investigation: __________ and
____________________ process of identifying, collecting, preserving, and
evaluating evidence or information for the purpose of bringing a criminal offender
to justice.
